Madis, Balaoing bag PPS MVP titles

MANILA, Philippines — Tennielle Madis sustained her fierce form while Jay Balaoing matched the young Mlang, Cotabato bet’s two-title feat as they shared the MVP honors in the Palawan Pawnshop-Palawan Express Pera Padala Dangcagan leg age-group tennis tournament in Bukidnon last Monday.

Madis clipped Jilian Manangking, 6-0, 6-1, in the girls’ 12-and-under finals then trounced Angela Buyante, 6-3, 6-1, to nail the 14-U plum, duplicating her exploits in the Cagayan de Oro stop of the circuit sponsored by Palawan Pawnshop and presented by Slazenger two weeks ago.

Balaoing also came away with a pair of lopsided victories, beating Andre Sing twice to claim the boys’ 14-U (7-5, 6-1) and 16-U (6-1, 6-2) titles in the Group 2 tournament backed by Asiatraders Corp. and Dunlop as official ball.

Other winners in the third leg of this year’s nationwide circuit sanctioned by Unified Tennis Philippines, made up of PPS-PEPP, Cebuana Lhuillier, Wilson, Toby’s, Dunlop, Slazenger and B-Meg, were Jazzelle Madis, also of Mlang, Cotabato, Ivy Poliquit of Maramag, Bukidnon, Jyle Martinez of Digos City, Reyman Saldivar Jr. of Kabacan, Cotabato and Ivory Malinis, also of Maramag.